Official Name: | Hov |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Innlandet#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Innlandet |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Land |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Søndre Land Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 2.27 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2054 |
Population Density Km2: | 903 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 2860 Hov |
Coordinates: | 60.6987°N 10.3519°W |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hov is the administrative centre of Søndre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the traditional region of Land, along the east shore of the large Randsfjorden where the Norwegian county roads 34 and 247 meet. Hov lies about to the southwest of the town of Gjøvik.[2]
The 2.27km2 village has a population (2021) of 2,054 and a population density of .[3]
Hov was located along the Valdresbanen railway line. The railway connected the Gjøvikbanen railway line at Eina with the town of Fagernes in the district of Valdres. The railroad had passenger traffic from 1902 to 1988 when it was closed down.
Hov Church (Hov kirke) is a cruciform style church dating from 1781 that is located in Hov.